Better to die than live in sleep.
G. I. GURDJIEFFLaughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.
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Life is real only then, when “I am”.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine.
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The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself.
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The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
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As long as our ideas are the same, we will never be apart.
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The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and ‘consciousness’ cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and ‘will’ cannot evolve involuntarily.
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